West Playoffs

Well I'm done with the NBA for this season should the Magics make it to the Finals. I would watch Lakers vs Magics just to see Dwight Howard take down Kobe. I hate Kobe so much now that he has eliminated Denver.

The series was over as soon as the Lakers stole game one on their court. Phil is now 43-0 or something like that when his teams win game 1.

Although Kobe was the series MVP, we have to give the x-factor to Trevor Ariza, who basically stole games 1 & 3 with his key steals. He got them off to a good start today and was basically everywhere all series long when Kobe wasn't shooting his team ahead.

To bad Ariza's high school team mate Amir Johnson, doesn't have the same court saavy as him........Ariza is a free agent, but the Lakers will re sign him.

And he only shoots them at .319, so it is strange that he just started taking them all this year.

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He has been working with Laker assistant and three-time three point champion Craig Hodges this season. Hodges indicated on a radio this afternoon that Sasha's shot has been off because he is rushing his shot. With both Sasha and Farmar spending more time on the bench because of inconsistency, Ariza is the Lakers designated three ball shooter this season.

Quit hating, I bet Amir has already gotten up 2 or 3 shots this off-season and the summer hasn't even started!

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I know where you are coming from. It's not hate and it can be easily matched as counterpoint in being a homer. Or being none existence with your snow-blinding witticism.

With respect to the original emphasis. There is a huge difference in talent (Ariza/Amur) and perhaps more in how an organization sees itself and how it can develop it's talent for growth, nurture, stabilization and adaptable means.

Fordism (standardization as a continuance of power accumulation) is from the past that measures cloning by marginal and associational talent that has remnants as if development is not influence by outside factors. It is the big and lonely track. There is no ruby-on-rails here.

Think large engines of locomotive old iron that does not comprehend the physics of magnetism.

Yet, all things have their placements. I would not like the magnet traveling 300 mph stopping every 15 miles for local pickups. This should not put old iron out of business...but it could. And who would be the less? Might you be one of them?

It starts in knowing your geography.

In A Study in Scarlet (1887), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, speaking through Dr. Watson, list Sherlock Holmes' accomplishments and his limitations. In the list we read:"Knowledge of Geology--Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their color and consistence in what part of London he had received them. "

Nuggets maxed out. When they lost game 3 it was over. Nene is not much really. Martin has never been more than average. And Billips just doesn't have it-not at the level of a ship. People got on Joe for the trade but the Pistons would not have gone far with Billips.

The Lakers looked very good but some of that was a mirage as Denver melted. If they play Orlando, Howard will neutralize their bigs.

You know there's another few things Ariza on Amir; consistent PT, not getting pulled if he makes a mistake, the coaching staff sticking w/ him through awful offensive performances and defensive mistakes; oh and did i mention playing time ?

Trevor Ariza here would be AA in terms of the way he would be developed at best.

He's going to have to play an integral role in whoever they play in the next round.

Nuggets maxed out. When they lost game 3 it was over. Nene is not much really. Martin has never been more than average. And Billips just doesn't have it-not at the level of a ship. People got on Joe for the trade but the Pistons would not have gone far with Billips.

The Lakers looked very good but some of that was a mirage as Denver melted. If they play Orlando, Howard will neutralize their bigs.

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Agreed. Chauncey has now failed to advance in four consecutive conference finals. When he is on his game, he can really be the difference for his team in a playoff game. But his play in this series has been uneven from game to game, and if he was having a bad game, he just did not seem able to turn it around during that game. It seems that much of the difference in play from game to game is in his decision-making, rather than his execution.